Exchange With Reporters
01/17/1990
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
If we leave Iraq before our commanders say that we are ready we will be risking the future of Iraq.
More than 220 years later, Washington's warning feels strikingly relevant.
A nation that can feed itself is a nation more secure.
No other issue will have more lasting impact on the well-being of your families and your future.